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27 October 2016

Fawns of Love is the
California based husband and wife duo Jenny and Joseph Andreotti. Although
Fawns of Love is a brand new project (DOB: summer 2016), the two have been
playing music together for well over a decade – and it shows. Their dreamy sound
carries a naturalness and warmth with it that is rare indeed.

“Girls” is a
shimmery slice of dream pop perfection, merging a lo-fi aesthetic with excellent
guitar work, glittering textures and angelic vocals. When fused with the
gorgeous imagery in the new video, the result is quite spectacular. Considering
this is what Fawns of Love is bringing to the table straight out of the gate
(they’ve only released a total of two songs so far), we’re feeling very
enthusiastic about their inevitably brilliant future.

19 October 2016

Baltimore-based Wildhoney is comprised of five
members: Zach Inscho (drums), Joe Trainor (guitar), Nathan O'Dell (guitar),
Alan Everhart (bass) and Lauren Shusterich (vox). Wildhoney released not one
but two extremely significant records in 2015 – the Your Face
Sideways 12” EP and their debut LP Sleep
Through It. While the preceding EPs, Seventeen
Forever and Wildhoney,
are both excellent, Sleep Through It and Your Face Sideways showcase
a band in full bloom.

Wildhoney has a gift for nailing perfect pop gems with
precision accuracy, offering a sound both concise and sonically complex.
Lauren’s catchy vocal melodies sparkle amid the striking instrumental work
provided by her bandmates while pop hooks and constructions shine out through
sprays of translucent sonic vapor. Their songs capture a punk-tinged energy that
effervesces wonderfully in live performance, a setting in which the band truly
unleashes its squall. We are proud to present the following interview to you.

When The Sun Hits Interviews Wildhoney

How
and when was the band formed?

The band was formed on a winter night in
Baltimore. We imagined that we might feel better about life if we turned some
of our negative experiences into pop songs.

Can
you tell us what the band has been working on and what you've got forthcoming
in the near future (any new releases, tour, etc.)?

We recently released a four way split 12"
calledContinental Drift on Slumberland Records in the US, and on Fortuna POP!
in the UK. The other bands on it are Mercury Girls, The Spook School and
Tigercats. It's humbling to have put music out on two labels who have released
many of our favourite records and influenced us as artists.

The incomparable Swedish group The Mary Onettes
have released a new single called "Juna," which is their first new
music since the single "Ruins" was released in the spring of 2015. “Juna”
is pop perfection, at which The Mary Onettes have always excelled, and we
honestly cannot stop listening to this song.